When it comes to economics, which school of thought has it right?
- Austrians (41%, 71 Votes)
- Minskians (18%, 32 Votes)
- None of the above (18%, 31 Votes)
- Marxists (11%, 19 Votes)
- Keynesians (10%, 18 Votes)
- Monetarists (2%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 175
Start Date: September 8, 2009 @ 12:30 am
End Date: September 29, 2009 @ 12:30 am
Is Barack Obama 'change you can believe in?"
- No, he is not. (75%, 119 Votes)
- Yes, but his finance team is not. (11%, 17 Votes)
- Yes. He is an incrementalist, so we will see the change over time. (6%, 10 Votes)
- Yes. He demonstrates this through policy and rhetoric. (5%, 8 Votes)
- Yes. He demonstrates this through rhetoric, but policies are more difficult. (3%, 8 Votes)
Total Voters: 159
Start Date: June 24, 2009 @ 5:15 pm
End Date: July 1, 2009 @ 5:15 pm
When will the U.S. economy recover?
- That's an idiot question. There will be no recovery to speak of. (53%, 344 Votes)
- Recovery is a long way off, sometime in 2010. (37%, 241 Votes)
- Ed, you're right, it's Q4 or Q1 2010. (8%, 53 Votes)
- I am on with the "green sh%%ts brigade. So it will be summer, mate. (2%, 13 Votes)
Total Voters: 649
Start Date: June 10, 2009 @ 8:51 pm
End Date: June 17, 2009 @ 8:51 pm
Who's Lying: Hank Paulson, Ken Lewis or John Thain?
- They're all liars (82%, 47 Votes)
- Ken Lewis (11%, 6 Votes)
- Hank Paulson (7%, 4 Votes)
- None of them. It is an issue of interpretation and misunderstanding. (2%, 1 Votes)
- John Thain (-2%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 57
Start Date: April 27, 2009 @ 9:10 am
End Date: May 1, 2009 @ 9:10 am
Will Citigroup eventually escape this crisis without a drastic reduction in size?
- No. it will fail spectacularly. (36%, 131 Votes)
- No. it will be made much smaller. (32%, 116 Votes)
- No. it will be nationalized. (28%, 101 Votes)
- Yes. it will rise to its former role of prominence. (4%, 12 Votes)
Total Voters: 359
Start Date: April 16, 2009 @ 6:17 pm
End Date: April 26, 2009 @ 6:17 pm
Will the Public Private Partnership Investment Program succeed?
- No (90%, 166 Votes)
- Yes (10%, 19 Votes)
Total Voters: 185
Start Date: March 23, 2009 @ 9:10 am
End Date: April 16, 2009 @ 6:00 pm
Where will the S&P 500 bottom
- God help us (35%, 19 Votes)
- 450 (26%, 14 Votes)
- 500 (15%, 8 Votes)
- 600 (13%, 7 Votes)
- It is near the bottom now (11%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 54
Start Date: March 9, 2009 @ 8:56 pm
End Date: March 21, 2009 @ 11:30 pm
Will/Have any British or American banks be/been nationalized? If so, which ones?
- Citigroup (65%, 37 Votes)
- Royal Bank of Scotland (60%, 34 Votes)
- Bank of America (44%, 25 Votes)
- Lloyds TSB (33%, 19 Votes)
- Barclays (32%, 18 Votes)
- JPMorgan Chase (25%, 14 Votes)
- Wells Fargo (25%, 14 Votes)
- HSBC (23%, 13 Votes)
- Other (16%, 9 Votes)
- No. (-223%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 57
Start Date: February 23, 2009 @ 2:45 pm
End Date: March 3, 2009 @ 7:45 am
Is bank nationalization a good option?
- Definitely, some banks are effectively insolvent. (36%, 75 Votes)
- No, this is a poor choice in most cases. (27%, 57 Votes)
- 100%, some places need to nationalize the entire banking system. (24%, 50 Votes)
- Sometimes as a last resort on a case-by-case basis. (13%, 28 Votes)
Total Voters: 210
Start Date: February 17, 2009 @ 2:37 pm
End Date: February 23, 2009 @ 2:10 pm
Are we in a recession or is this a Depression?
- We are in a depression with a small 'd.' (38%, 101 Votes)
- We are in a Depression with a Big 'D.' (37%, 97 Votes)
- We are in a deep recession. (21%, 55 Votes)
- We are in a normal recession. (4%, 13 Votes)
Total Voters: 264
Start Date: February 6, 2009 @ 9:52 pm
End Date: February 17, 2009 @ 2:35 pm
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